Cesaria Evora has been likened to some of the world’s greatest vocalists: Billie Holiday, Amalia Rodrigues and Edith Piaf. While such comparisons evoke the Cape Verdean singer’s stature and authority, ...

Cape Verde’s beloved barefoot diva, Cesaria Evora, died today. She had been ill for some time. She got her start at waterfront bars on her home town of Mindelo on the island of Sao Vicente, part of ...

To many, she is the Queen of Morna, while for others she is the 'Barefoot Diva'. Cesária Évora was a major Cape Verdean recording artist who was born on August 27, 1941, to a part-time musician father ...

MINDELO, Cape Verde (AFP) ― Thousands of mourning fans, from ordinary people to national leaders, gathered Tuesday for the funeral of Cape Verde’s legendary singer Cesaria Evora. The beloved “barefoot ...

Sign up for the best picks from our travel, fashion and lifestyle writers. Today’s Google Doodle honours the legendary folk singer Cesária Évora on what would ...

Cesária Evora, who has died aged 70, won international acclaim as a singer when she brought the haunting music of her native Cape Verde to concert platforms around the world. 18 December 2011 • 1:30pm ...

Genuinely classy singers invariably place the needs of the song before their own desire to show off. Cape Verde's "Barefoot Diva", Cesaria Evora, is one such singer. Her melancholy voice hangs heavy ...